Bushwalking in thongs, anyone?

Date: 27-03-2010
Day 49: Euston, NSW
Distance cycled: 81km (+6km bushwalk!)

We wondered if we are crazy to be getting up at 4:30am to prepare for our journey to the next destination. We learnt to be quicker with packing up our tent and panniers and hit the road before 5:30am silently as we promised our newly-acquainted fisherman friends. ;p

The ride to Euston was one of the best experiences we have had so far with close to ideal conditions. We were racing away with at least 20km/h for most of the ride. We were in awe when we found out in Euston that it was only 11am! But our bodies still need to adjust to being woken up before 5am. We both fell asleep in our tent still clad in our biking gears!

After an hour’s nap and a refreshing shower, we looked around for lunch. Euston is one of the smaller towns that we have visited so far with nothing more than 1 gas station, 1.5 convenient stores, 1 bottle shop, 2 hotels, 1 police station and 1 old court house. However, 2 minutes walk from our caravan park is located an ex-servicemen’s club (like RSL) along the Murray River. The Euston Club is definitely not something we would expect, especially in Euston. Similar to the RSLs that we know in Sydney, it has gambling facilities, food and pub. But this club seems much larger (not that we have been to many RSLs to say for sure) with tennis and bowling facilities as well as hotel accommodations.

Around 2pm, after a good and satisfying lunch at the Euston Club, Lukas said, ”How about a digestive walk to Robinvale?” He was told that it would be about 2km walk on a pedestrian path to Robinvale that has a large IGA supermarket. Sue slightly hesitantly agreed. In the end, we bushwalked for 6km return wearing sandals (a.k.a. thongs or flip-flops)! Nevertheless, some scenery was breathtaking and we did WALK into the state of Victoria to Robinvale as we crossed the bridge over the Murray River, which forms the border of NSW/VIC!

What a day!

Destinations: [NSW] North Sydney - Heathcote - Coledale - Wollongong - Robertson - Moss Vale - Goulburn - Queanbeyan - Yass - Gundagai - Wagga Wagga - Narrandera - Darlington Point - Hay - Maude - Balranald - Euston